assentation
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin assentatio. See assent.
Noun
editassentation (countable and uncountable, plural assentations)
- Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
- August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son
- Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.
- August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son